dei

See also: Dei, déi, dèi, deî, dēi, děi, de'i, and dei-

Basque

Noun

dei

1. call (clarification of this Basque definition is being sought)

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Catalan

Noun

dei f ‎(plural deis)

1. dey

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Galician

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

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Ido

Noun

dei

1. plural of deo

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Italian

Etymology 1

• Derived from di ‎(“of”, possession preposition) + i ‎(“the”, definite masculine plural article)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
• Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

1. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in plural not starting with a vowel, gn, pn, ps, s+consonant, x, y, nor z).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛi/, [ˈd̪ɛi̯]
• Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl ‎(archaic dii)

1. plural of dio

Usage notes

• The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

  Gli dei sono scontenti.‎ ― The gods are displeased.

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Japanese

Romanization

dei

1. rōmaji reading of でい

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Latin

Noun

deī

1. nominative plural of deus
2. genitive singular of deus
3. vocative plural of deus

Verb

deī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

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Lojban

Cmavo

dei

1. (self-referential pro-sumti, referring to parts of the text containing it) this very utterance

Related terms

Related terms

• da'e
• da'u
• de'e

• de'u
• di'e

• di'u
• do'i

Rafsi

dei

1. rafsi of djedi.

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Low German

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

1. Alternative form of de

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Mandarin

Romanization

dei

1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Navajo

Adverb

dei

1. up, upward

Related terms

• deigo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛiː/ (example of pronunciation)

Article

dei

1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Pronoun

dei ‎(genitive deira)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?‎

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der borte?‎

   Those over there?

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg, je4	meg	min m
Second person	du	deg	din m
Third person m	han	han, honom3	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes4
Third person n	det, dat1	det, dat1	dess 2
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Second person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar
Third person	dei	dei, deim3	deira, deires4
Notes
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
2Rare or literary
3Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
4No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

References

• “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Noun

dei m ‎(oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• dī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‎(“to burn”). Compare Old English dæġ, Old Saxon and Old Dutch dag, Old High German tag, Old Norse dagr.

Noun

dei m

1. day

Declension

Declension of dei (strong a-stem, masculine)

	singular	plural
nominative	dei	degar, dega
accusative	dei	degar, dega
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: dai

• West Frisian: dei

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Portuguese

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

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Scots

Verb

dei ‎(third-person singular present deis, present participle deiin, past deid, past participle deed)

1. (South Scots) to die

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• deui (literary)
• doi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəi̯/

Verb

dei

1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dei	ddei	nei	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‎(“to burn”).

Noun

dei c ‎(plural dagen)

1. day
2. date